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Very much a case of the dead rubber here with only ranking points up for grabs although Matt Williams seems more interested in experimenting as he's decided to rest several key players.

Darren Cave, Rory Best, Paddy Wallace, Ian Humphreys, Justin Fitzpatrick and Stephen Ferris are all left out. So you'd expect they'd be doing well to deny Paris the bonus point, however that also depends on Paris' own attitude although you'd think that regardless of the side they pick they'll still have too much for the fledgling side that Williams seems intent on picking.
 
It's a good opportunity for Ian Whitten, Willie Falloon and Chris Henry to show what they can do in a game with no pressure on them. David Pollack will want to show Declan Kidney he's foolish for leaving him out of the Ireland squad. Stade should win handily though.
 
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Coach Matt Williams believes his decision to hand the skipper’s armband to flanker David Pollock for the final Heineken Cup pool game at Stade Francais will benefit Ulster in the future. With Rory Best sitting out the trip to Paris, Williams could have given the captaincy to any number of players including former All Black Paul Steinmetz or World Cup winner BJ Botha, but he has gone for Pollock who led Ireland U20s to a grand slam.

“Leadership is like any skill, it needs developing. You’ve one captain on the field but you have 15 leaders and David has developed brilliantly with a lot of mentoring from Kieron Dawson, who has been quite superb with him,†said Williams.[/b]

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/ru...t-14152375.html

Pollack is captaining Ulster despite Kieron Dawson being in the squad (Dawson has been captain whenever Rory Best is unavailable). It promises to be a big occasion for the young flanker. His competition with Sean O'Brien to be the long term Irish international openside should stand Ireland in good stead.
 
Himself and O'Brien are both absolutely fantastic player and fantastic prospects. With themselves and Ferris it seems we're secure in the back row for a while. It's the front five I wory about for Ireland's future. Healy is the only class young player I see at the moment.
 
ULSTER TEAM
(15-9) Clinton Schifcofske, Andrew Trimble, Paul Steinmetz, Ian Whitten, Simon Danielli, Niall O’Connor, Paul Marshall.
(1-8) Bryan Young, Nigel Brady, Brendon Botha, Ed O’Donoghue, Ryan Caldwell, Matt McCullough, David Pollock (C ), Chris Henry.

REPLACEMENTS
(16-22) Stuart Philpott, Tom Court, Kieron Dawson, Willie Faloon, Rob Dewey, Isaac Boss, Mark McCrea.
 
let off for Paris there, Ulster are all over them with Marshall just losing control over the line.
 
it's not often you praise Trimble's defence but he did superbly well to deny the try after the inital break by Oelshig who waltzed through the Ulster defence.
 
Barnes does Ulster for offside despite Paris forwards going in off their feet.
 
backchat makes the kick easier after Schifcofske was done for not releasing.

6-3 Paris
 
Paris down to 14 with Rabadan in the bin, good chance for Ulster to captalise now
 
from what I can gather watching a poor quality stream with french commentary (and my french is very limited), Ulster are playing much better than Stade.

Try Ulster!
 
well that's a decent start with Steinmetz in for the try, stretching Paris left and right, great work from the forwards.

that's a shocking miss from O'Connor.

8-6 Ulster
 
back in the lead now but Beauxis failed to convert a relatively easy kick for someone of his standard.
 
Ahhh ****. Still a very brave performance by Ulster's second team/youngsters! :bravo:
 
consolation for Ulster as well, nicely worked try and good note to finish but again too late unfortunately.
 


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